THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS, BUT GOD's!
" David said moreover, The L ORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. " —I Samuel 17:37 [KJV] Faith, by ancient writers, has been styled 'the queen of graces.' As such she displays her dignity, by disdaining to consult any power below the King of saints. When she calls in reason and reflection upon past experiences, it is to give all the glory to her sovereign Lord. Thus David makes confession of faith in his king. What was the gigantic size, the formidable appearance, and the haughty threatenings of his Philistine antagonist? To the eye of his faith, all were mean and contemptible; for he saw Him that was invisible: he fixed his confidence on the invisible power of the Omnipotent. He considered not himself: "he was strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might:" he had sweet experience of the truth of his Lord: "To him that believeth, all things ar